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Browse this collection of fact sheets on space and earth sciences at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The NASA Goddard fact sheets are divided into the following categories:

HST Servicing Mission 3A Fact Sheets

Additional Earth Science Fact Sheet resource

Factsheets are available in three file types: HTML, PDF and Postscript - Where noted -

GENERAL INFORMATION

Document Number/ Date	Document Title	PDF	Postscript
FS-2002-04-041-GSFC	Goddard Space Flight Center (Updated 2003)	207KB	N/A
FS-2002-2-038-GSFC	Goddard Space Flight Center Missions for 2004 - 2006 (Updated 2004)	500KB	N/A
FS-2000-8-001-GSFC	Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt) Facilities Master Plan	2.77 Mb	N/A
FS-1999 (01)-003 GSFC	NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center The First Forty Years	85N/A	N/A
	ASTRO - ASTRO Mission Objectives	N/A	N/A
FS-1998-(02)-005-GSFC FS-1998-(02)-004-GSFC	Coqui Dos - Suborbital Rocket Coqui Dos - Spanish Version	1.7MB 1.7MB	N/A
FS-2001-03-017-GSFC	Goddard - Robert H. Goddard: American Rocket Pioneer	N/A	N/A
	Hitchhiker - The Hitchhiker Project	N/A	N/A
	ROMPS - Robot Operated Materials Processing System (ROMPS)	N/A	N/A
	Satellites - Satellites	N/A	N/A
	Satellites - Application Satellites	N/A	N/A
	Scout - NASA's Scout Launch Vehicle	N/A	N/A
FS-1999-06-021-GSFC	NASA Sounding Rockets	73KB	N/A
FS-2001-9-025-GFSC	TDRS-H, -I, -J - New Tracking and Data Relay Satellites to Help Replenish Existing On-Orbit Fleet	521.5 Kbytes	NA
	TDRSS - The Era of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System	N/A	N/A
April 1995	Wallops - Flight Facility 1945-1995	N/A	N/A
FS-1998 (07)-015-GSFC	Wallops - NASA's Ballon Program	N/A	N/A

SPACE SCIENCE

Document Number/ Date	Document Title	PDF	Postscript
June 2002	CONTOUR - Looking at the heart of a comet	608 Kbytes	N/A
FS-2001-09-026-GSFC	TIMED - Exploring One of the Atmosphere's Last Frontiers	93.1 Kbytes	N/A
FS-2001-05-21-GSFC	RHESSI - Exploring the Most Powerful Explosions in the Solar System	506.8 Kbytes	N/A
NP-1997-12-049-GCPS	MAP - Project Office fact sheet	753 Kb
May 2001	MAP - Microwave Anistropy Probe is part of the Explorers Program to probe conditions in the early universe. MAP measures temperature differences ("anisotropy") in the cosmic microwave background radiation.	N/A	N/A
November 2000	SAC-C - is an international cooperative mission to provide multispectral imaging of terrestrial and coastal environments	N/A
FS-2000-7-008-GSFC	Cluster II- Earth's Magnetic Field Stands Off the Solar Wind	95 Kbytes
	HETE-2 - HETE 2 Will Find Titanic Explosions at the Edge of the Cosmos	N/A
FS-2000-2-001-GSFC	Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) - Exploring Earth's Inner Magnetosphere	271 Kbytes
FS-1999-06-009-GSFC	HST Servicing Mission 3A - New Advanced Computer	382 KBytes
FS-1999-06-010-GSFC	HST Servicing Mission 3A - Crew Aids and Tools	125 KBytes
FS-1999-06-011-GSFC	HST Servicing Mission 3A - Fine Guidance Sensor	188 KBytes
FS-1999-06-012-GSFC	HST Servicing Mission 3A - Gyroscopes	626 KBytes
FS-1999-06-013-GSFC	HST Servicing Mission 3A - A New Thermal Blanket Layer	39N/A
FS-1999-06-014-GSFC	HST Servicing Mission 3A - S-Band Single Access Transmitter	721 KBytes
FS-1999-06-015-GSFC	HST Servicing Mission 3A - Solid State Recorder	9N/A
FS-1999-06-016-GSFC	HST Servicing Mission 3A - Voltage/Temperature Improvement Kit	193 KBytes
FS-1999-06-017-GSFC	HST Servicing Mission 3A - Service Call to Hubble	303 KBytes
FS-1999-06-018-GSFC	HST Servicing Mission 3A - Space Telescope Operations Control Center	19 KBytes
	Text Only version of the above HST Servicing Mission 3A Fact Sheets
FS-96(11)-023-GSFC	HST - Second Servicing Mission (SM-2) Cost to Taxpayers	32 KBytes	N/A
FS-96(12)-025-GSFC	HST - Hubble Space Telescope Second Servicing Mission (SM-2)	16N/A	N/A
FS-96(11)-021-GSFC	HST - Second Servicing Mission (SM-2) NASA Prepares for 1997 Mission	128 KBytes	N/A
FS-96(11)-022-GSFC	HST - Second Servicing Mission (SM-2) Science Objectives	16N/A	N/A
FS-97(01)-001-GSFC	HST - Second Servicing Mission (SM-2) Hubble Space Telescope Operations Control Center	512 KBytes	N/A
FS-96(12)-024-GSFC	HST - Second Servicing Mission (SM-2) Astronauts Prepare for Spacewalks	352 KBytes	N/A
FS-96(04)-007-GSFC	HST - Second Servicing Mission (SM-2) Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS)	N/A	N/A
FS-96(03)-003-GSFC	HST - Second Servicing Mission (SM-2) Near Infrared Camera (NICMOS)	N/A	N/A
FS-96(03)-004-GSFC	HST - Second Servicing Mission (SM-2) Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS)	N/A	N/A
FS-96(04)-008-GSFC	HST - Second Servicing Mission (SM-2) Solid State Recorder (SSR)	N/A	N/A
FS-96(03)-005-GSFC	HST - Second Servicing Mission (SM-2) Tools and Crew Aids	N/A	N/A
	EUVE - EUVE: Probing a newly opened window	N/A	N/A
FS-98(10)-018-GSFC	EXPLORERS: Searching the Universe Forty Years Later	411KBytes
	FAST- FAST Satellite Probes Mysteries of the Aurora	N/A	N/A
FS-1999 (03)-008-GSFC	FUSE - Will Further "Explore" the Big Bang	N/A	N/A
	GAS - NASA's Get Away Specials	N/A	N/A
	GEOTAIL - The GEOTAIL Mission	N/A	N/A
	GRO - Gamma-Ray Observatory: Exploring The Mysteries of Time	N/A	N/A
	Hale-Bopp Comet - Hale-Bopp Comet	N/A	N/A
	IUE - The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE)	N/A	N/A
	ISTP - ISTP Unites Scientists for Study of Sun-Earth Interaction	N/A	N/A
	LAGEOS - LAGEOS: A tool for Understanding Our Constantly Changing Earth	N/A	N/A
	POLAR - Polar Satellite Will Study Effects of Solar Plasma	N/A	N/A
	SAC-B - Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientificas (SAC-B)	N/A	N/A
	SAMPEX - Solar, Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX)	N/A	N/A
FS-1998-09-022-GSFC	SPARTAN - 201-05 To Fly on STS-95	12 KBytes	103 KB
FS-1998-08-017-GSFC	SPARTAN - The Spartan Project Develops New Carriers	44 KBytes	249 KB
FS-1998(01)-002-GSFC	SMEX - Small Explorer (SMEX) Program	219 KB	813 KB
	SWAS - SWAS Spacecraft Probes Mysteries of Star Formation	N/A	N/A
FS-1998(01)-001-GSFC	TRACE - Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) Exploring the Upper Regions of the Solar Atmosphere	53 KB	1.3 MB
	UIT - Goddard's Ultraviolet Imageing Telescope	N/A	N/A
	WIND - WIND Spacecraft to Study Solar Breeze	N/A	N/A
FS-1999-01-001-GSFC	WIRE - Wide Field Infrared Explorer (WIRE): Surveying Starburst Galaxies	135KB	1.1MB
	XTE - X-Ray Timing Explorer Clocks High-Energy Universe	N/A	N/A

EARTH SCIENCE

Additional Earth Science Fact Sheet resource

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Document Number/
Date Document Title PDF (Bytes K) Postscript (MB)

June 2002 NOAA-M-Continues Polar Orbiting... 127.7 Kbytes

June 2001 Solar X-Ray Imager 198K

May 2001 GOES Fact Sheet 472 K

May 2001 COSPAS - SARSAT Search and Rescue Litho 399K

May 2001 GOES Lithograph of Hurricane Floyd 489K

April 1999 GOES - Scientists See More Than Weather in Images From GOES

FS-1999-08-028-GSFC TERRA-The Earth Observing System (EOS) AM-1 66Kbytes

February 1999 TERRA - The Roles of the Ocean in Climate Change 176 Kbytes

February 1999 TERRA - Earth's Energy Balance 9N/A

February 1999 TERRA - Changing Global Land Surface 439 Kbytes

February 1999 TERRA - Changing Global Cloudiness 28N/A

February 1999 TERRA - Aerosols
20N/A

FS-1998-03-008-GSFC NOAAK- NASA's Role as Development Agent for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental (NOAA-K) Satellite 67 KBytes 4.0KBytes

EOS- The Greenhouse Effect N/A
GOES- NASA's Role as Development Agent for GOES (I-M) Satellites N/A
LAGEOS- Plate Tectonics: Looking at our Ever-Changing Earth N/A
FS-1999(03)-004-GSFC LANDSAT - The Landsat Satellites: Unique National Assets 110 KB 2.1 KB

The Earth Science Enterprise Series

The Earth Science Enterprise Series of NASA Fact Sheets was produced in an effort to educate the general public on the major issues and natural phenomena
that scientists will be studying using data provided by the Earth Observing System. With this data, we hope to gain a greater understanding of how the Earth
works as a system.

Document Number/ Date	Document Title	PDF (Bytes K)	Postscript (MB)
FS-1998-10-119-GSFC	NASA’S Earth Science Enterprise and the Goddard Space Flight Center	183 KBytes	14 MBytes
	Earth Observing System (EOS) Spacecraft and Instruments	N/A	N/A
	Earth Observing System (EOS) Understanding Planet Earth	N/A	N/A
	Clouds and the Energy Cycle (April 1998) (NF-207)	109 KBytes	N/A
	El Ni�o (May 1998) (NF-211)	11N/A	N/A
	Global Warming (April 1998) (NF-222)	61 KBytes	N/A
	Biosphere (April 1998) (NF-223)	232 KBytes	N/A
	Polar Ice (April 1998) (NF-212)	93 KBytes	N/A
	Volcanoes and Global Climate Change (April 1998) (NF-220)	104 KBytes	N/A
	NASA Earth Science Enterprise Images and Video via the World Wide Web (May 1998) (FS-1998-02-007-GSFC)	49 KBytes
	Ozone (April 1998) (NF-198)	82 KBytes	N/A
	MTPE- Mission to Planet Earth: Space Based Missions, 1997-2000	N/A	N/A
	OZONE- NASA's Ozone Studies	N/A	N/A
FS-97 (03)-004-GSFC	SeaWiFS- Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor	N/A	N/A
	SSBUV- Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) Instrument	N/A	N/A
September 22, 1997	TOMS- Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer/Earth Probe	N/A	N/A
FS-1997(03)-003-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission	N/A	N/A
FS-1997(10)-012-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, From Rain Gauges to Radar: A History of Rainfall Measurement	39 KB	289 KB
FS-1997(10)-013-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Climate and Disease	39 KB	283 KB
FS-1997(10)-014-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Heat Transport and Global Atmospheric Circulation	40 KB	284 KB
FS-1997(10)-015-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, An International Effort	54 KB	284 KB
FS-1997(10)-016-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, El Nino Forecasting	54 KB	284 KB
FS-1997(10)-017-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Improving the Accuracy of Estimating Climate Change	53 KB	284 KB
FS-1997(10)-018-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, A Rain Gauge in Space	54 KB	233 KB
FS-1997(10)-020-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System	72 KB	475 KB
FS-1997(10)-021-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Visible Infrared Scanner	72 KB	2065 KB
FS-1997(10)-022-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Precipitation Radar	61 KB	192 KB
FS-1997(10)-023-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Microwave Imager	46 KB	52 KB
FS-1997(10)-024-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Lightning Imaging Sensor	72 KB	192 KB
FS-1998-05-009-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - Anatomy of a Storm: The Differences between Tropical and Mid-Latitude Storms	72 KB
FS-1998-05-010-GSFC	TRMM- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission- Why We Study Tropical Rainfall	72 KB	192 KB
January 94	UARS- Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS)	N/A	N/A

TECHNOLOGY

Document Number/ Date	Document Title	PDF (Bytes K)	Postscript (MB)
FS-2001-9-025-GSFC	TDRS-H,I,J
November 1996	Lewis and Clark	N/A	N/A

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Last Revised: January 07, 2003